Overarching Aim
Develop sustainable purchasing practices and protocols to exercise UAB’s purchasing power toward maximizing environmental stewardship, protecting human health, and supporting local and global sustainability
Goals
Create a university and hospital guide for sustainable procurement
Draft a sustainability component for the campus Responsibility Centered Management (RCM) protocol
Review and update applicable purchasing policies to include sustainability criteria and goals
Strategies
- 1.Connect campus and hospital purchasing programs to develop uniformity in purchasing policy and practice
- 2.Create an institutional information campaign that promotes a culture change to a circular economy model in new transactions
- 3.Publicize successful efforts to procure goods and services that minimize energy use, waste, and social impacts
